His attorney will no doubt invoke the Limbaugh Defense, where even though Assemblyman Katz crusaded against the scourge of drugs and demanded harsh sentences for those filthy stoners *THIS* case is so, so different since Assemblyman Katz has a sickness and needs treatment and prayers and support, not punitive punishment.

Mr. Coffee Nerves:His attorney will no doubt invoke the Limbaugh Defense, where even though Assemblyman Katz crusaded against the scourge of drugs and demanded harsh sentences for those filthy stoners *THIS* case is so, so different since Assemblyman Katz has a sickness and needs treatment and prayers and support, not punitive punishment.

Eh, the law's the law, if it's legal then doing it isn't necessarily hypocritical just because you voted against it. It sounds like he pretty much owned up to it when he realized he was crossing the line on legality and isn't contesting the violation, so it's not like he's arguing that this is some special case exception. I'd generally tell people not to speed, too, and I still do it occasionally. It's just me sometimes doing something that I agree that I shouldn't, not me deciding it's all right for me but not for you, necessarily.

It also doesn't sound like he's done more than vote against legalization bills and done some stumping against them, I'd be on his case significantly harder if he'd introduced bills to tighten restrictions or something. Basically it sounds like his position is "I'm not personally comfortable with this being quite as unrestricted as it is, but if that's what everyone wants I guess OK", which is actually reasonably chill for a local politician. Local pols are usually the guys making out national congressmen look sane.

//Also, if the reporter typing the phrase "the bad-boy culture of Albany" managed to do so in one go without falling out of his chair laughing he's a better man than I.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

shotglasss:feckingmorons: He should resign. If I did that and I would.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

Right?

Yes, yes. We know, dear. But more to the point: we waste too much time around here speculating about people's motives for doing what they do, and talking about "hypocrisy".If someone is trying to push social policy that is going to harm me, or harm society, I really don't care whether their motives are pure and sincere, since it makes no functional difference to me.

shotglasss:feckingmorons: He should resign. If I did that and I would.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

Right?

You are such a partisan shill. Seriously. Every issue is black and white with you, no in between ground, no compromise, no common sense.

He probably doesn't see a logical inconsistency because he thinks that some laws, like drug laws, apply only to working people. He's wealthy, so won't decriminalize pot. If he did, the proles would be out of control. Successful people, on the other hand, can have all the drugs they want, because obviously they are not problems in society. The real story here is the overactive cop's imagination that led to him being busted. Clearly one of those working class cops who have a chip on their shoulder when they see success.

shotglasss:feckingmorons: He should resign. If I did that and I would.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

Zeb Hesselgresser:shotglasss: feckingmorons: He should resign. If I did that and I would.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

Right?

Spitzer resigned, took a while, but he did.

He did and he needed to, but what he did was less hypocritical than Katz did. AFAIK, Spitzer was never particularly harsh about prostitution laws.

thurstonxhowell:Zeb Hesselgresser: shotglasss: feckingmorons: He should resign. If I did that and I would.

Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in or face the consequences for being a lying hypocritical sack of shiat.

Why? Democrats shouldn't be allowed to be the only ones who are lying hypocritical sacks of shiat. Dems will forever be better at it, and will never call on their own to resign because of it, so we can have a few on the right.

Right?

Spitzer resigned, took a while, but he did.

He did and he needed to, but what he did was less hypocritical than Katz did. AFAIK, Spitzer was never particularly harsh about prostitution laws.

Actually when he was New York's attorney general, he did bust up prostitution rings. Still have the feeling Bruno might be Client number 10.

Bennie Crabtree:He probably doesn't see a logical inconsistency because he thinks that some laws, like drug laws, apply only to working people. He's wealthy, so won't decriminalize pot. If he did, the proles would be out of control. Successful people, on the other hand, can have all the drugs they want, because obviously they are not problems in society. The real story here is the overactive cop's imagination that led to him being busted. Clearly one of those working class cops who have a chip on their shoulder when they see success.